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Incredible number of limos parked in no parking or no standing zones, and idling (Parking and Air Quality Impacts)

Submitted by ParkSloper on October 13, 2012 - 10:01pm

Location:

5th Avenue between St. Mark's and Dean, and streets to Flatbush

When:

October 13, 2012 - 10:43pm

One set of patrolmen, when asked, did move to request idling drivers to shut motors and one in a bus stop to move, but another officer, a block away, said that he granted permission to at least one driver to park in a No Standing zone "because they have no where else to go". When I told him about the parking lot, he said "but that would cost money!" He said he was OK with the others parking nearby.....

Noted:
This is all circular from my home on St. Mark's Avenue between 5th and 6th:

37 St. Mark's Avenue: small family sedan with car seats in back idling and parked at hydrant; driver identified himself as a copy "on detail" and then "on break" . Noted that personal cars of officers still block hydrants like any other car.
7 St. Mark's Avenue: limo idling at hydrant (double fault)
66 5th Avenue: 3 limos in No Parking zone, 1 at hydrant
55 5th Avenue: limo idling at hydrant (double fault)
37-45 5th Avenue: FIVE limos idling in bus stop and at hydrant (triple fault)